George Treacy
b. 1837
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George Treacy was a stonemason of Cork city, with sons who were masons after him. He is the man who corrected the record. The clerks of Cork wrote the family down as Tracy at his wedding in 1865 and had been doing so for years, but the 1901 census was the first form a householder signed for himself, and at the bottom of his own George wrote Treacy. His daughter married as Treacy and his granddaughter's birth entry reads formerly Treacy. A man's signature outranks a clerk's ear, and this family has used his spelling ever since.
Research notes
Stonemason / tradesman, of Cork City; father of Mary Anne Treacy (m. Eugene Bowdren 1902). SPELLING SETTLED July 2026, from the original images: George signed his own 1901 census Form A 'George Treacy'; the 1902 marriage register has bride, father and witness as TREACY; Nora's 1920 birth entry reads 'formerly Treacy'. Only the 1865 marriage clerk wrote 'Tracy'/'Tracey'. The family's own spelling is TREACY and the tree now uses it. 1865 civil marriage register: George Tracy, tradesman, aged 28 (implying b. c.1837); his FATHER given as Benjamin Tracey [sic, 1865 clerk's spelling; family spelling Treacy], tradesman. NB the 1901 census recorded him younger (aged 52, implying c.1849) - the marriage age is the better guide for an 1865 wedding. 1901 Census of Ireland (Cork City, Form B no.4): George Treacy (his own signed spelling), Head, mason, aged 52, b. Cork City, m. Mary; sons Benjamin (30), Christie (25) and Timothy (23) all masons, and daughter Mary Anne (20), dressmaker (our line). Aynsley's maternal 2x great-grandfather. Added June 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 24 Jul 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]
Marriage: George Tracy (tradesman) x Mary Farrell. Civil register (documented) confirms fathers Benjamin Tracey (tradesman) and John Farrell (labourer).